03-07-2024, 12:31 PM
(02-07-2024, 10:53 PM)C_T_Russell Wrote:(30-06-2024, 10:59 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: So you're in favour of torture, then.No I'm not, but at least it's a good deterrent, I doubt they have issues with kids doing ram raids.
https://iranwire.com/en/features/126769-...20sentence.
And obviously prefer to ignore anyone's past trauma & mental health.
Other countries use other methods which are far less harsh. And which produce far better results
There's a danger in such retributive punishments; not just that it encourages people who are overly keen to see others suffer for their crimes, but that they not only do not work, they also help create life long criminals. Which, while it may be very useful to the Nats & other right wing parties in an election year isn't something anyone concerned with creating a better society for all of us would want.
Norway is an excellent example; they use a very different system there & as a result now have Europe's lowest rate of recidivism.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013...ike-people
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)